The inaugural edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) Auction was yesterday where the newly formed T20 league and its teams formed a formidable squad to build the future of women’s cricket.
After the huge success of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) decided to introduce an women’s version of the tournament on the request of many cricketers.
The Women’s Premier League includes only 5 teams now and the player auction for the player sale took place yesterday. India international and opening batsman Smriti Mandhana became the most expensive buy in the Auction.
Smriti Mandhana was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) franchise for a whopping 3.4 crore. Meanwhile, Smriti Mandhana’s salary in the competition is already more than what Pakistan captain Babar Azam gets in the Pakistan Super League (PSL).
Babar Azam, who will play for the Peshawar Zalmi in the PSL 2023, will be earning 1.4 crore. After this Twitter have reacted to the same.
Playing in the Indian leagues comes with its perks 🤩💰#CricketTwitter #WPL pic.twitter.com/4isgGH76go
— Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda) February 14, 2023Advertisement
Bodied paisa shortage league 😂
— Ugmaram 🇮🇳 (@Ugma_ram_) February 14, 2023
Comparison should be men Vs men
— Prasad (@PrasadKole) February 13, 2023
Shubaman Gill – 8Cr(GT)
Babar Azam – 1.2Cr
HUGE!
— Abhishek Ojha (@vicharabhio) February 13, 2023
Smriti Mandhana’s WPL salary is now more than Babar Azam’s PSL salary.
😃
Good to see pakis and Pakis supporters applying burnol at WPL auctions just like they do at IPL.
— Mafiosa (@_DailyObserver) February 14, 2023
Meanwhile smriti will earn twice as Babar does in PSL 😂
PSL Kitna gareeb hai bhai
Smriti madhana = babar Azam + shaheen afridi + Haris Rauf #WPL2023 is much bigger then #PSL8 .. #IPL is the papa of all cricket leauges around the world ..
— Deepak Chopra (@medeepakchopra) February 14, 2023
@WomensPremierL2 #WPL2023 #WPLAuction2023 womens indian cricket team vice-captian Smriti Mandhan sold in #RCB 3.40 crore… Babar Azam #PSL2023 salary 1.24 crore….😅😅😂😂😂 Congrats @mandhana_smriti
— mohd sabir (@itssabir00) February 13, 2023
